Bethany Erickson

Bethany Erickson lives in a 1961 Fox and Jacobs home with her husband, a second-grader, and Conrad Bain the dog. If she won the lottery, she'd by an E. Faye Jones home.
She's taken home a few awards for her writing, including a Gold award for Best Series at the 2018 National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards, a 2018 Hugh Aynesworth Award for Editorial Opinion from the Dallas Press Club, and a 2019 award from NAREE for a piece linking Medicaid expansion with housing insecurity.
She is a member of the Online News Association, the Education Writers Association, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
She doesn't like lima beans or the word moist.

Low Opportunity Areas Often Decades in the Making, But Solutions Are There

By Bethany Erickson / October 7, 2018 /

Thanks to a new interactive tool, we now know what opportunity looks like in all areas of Dallas. And that tool confirms what many who follow income disparity have known all along — it frequently is manifest most in geography, where decades of policy have wrought pockets of opportunity gaps throughout the city. The Opportunity…

On SecondShelters.com: Waxahachie 1945 Rambler With Designer’s Touch Perfect for Local Roaming

By Bethany Erickson / October 7, 2018 /

Whether you’re looking for that quiet weekend home for play after your workweek, or a great potential second home that has some income prospects as well via Airbnb, this week’s historical shelter in Waxahachie is an opportunity to get an adorable home at a great price point, with plenty of designer upgrades. And we say…

Hollywood Heights Hammond Hip Pocket Wows With Premier Finishes

By Bethany Erickson / October 6, 2018 /

It’s not every day you find an adorable yet sexy Hollywood Heights home smack dab in one of what many consider to be the neighborhood’s best blocks. Add the news that it’s in the Lakewood Elementary attendance zone, and suddenly your ears perk up. So, of course, we immediately fired off an email to Realtor…

Honesty and Real Estate — Who Can You Trust?

By Bethany Erickson / October 6, 2018 /

This week’s social media-generated story actually came about as the result of two different stories about honesty we asked readers to react to — one that gave a shockingly low number of those surveyed who felt that Realtors were trustworthy, and another that delved into the depth and scope of MLS manipulation.

The One About the Lake House That Time Forgot

By Bethany Erickson / October 3, 2018 /

I have to tell you, this week’s Wednesday WTF was almost this weekend’s historical shelter feature on SecondShelters.com, because it’s an awesome lake house with gorgeous views and tons of privacy. But it’s also got, like all WTFs, a little something something that makes it juuuuuuust a little different than all other lake houses and…